โหลดเพลง mp3 Cottonwood Tree - Marty Robbins

Cottonwood Tree - Marty Robbins (马丁·罗宾逊)
I rode into Tucson three hours ago

For supplies and a short friendly game

Of poker while smitty put some new shoes

On old dan before he goes lame

I sat in a game at the Miner's Saloon soon I had doubled my stake

The cards run like they'd been dealt by Lady Luck

They were just sealing my fate

A young cowboy lost more than he could afford

And accused me of dealing too smart

His draw was too slow and he fell to the floor

With three bullets close to the heart

Oh cottonwood tree are you waiting for me waiting to take me away

I've done no wrong but the town cannot see

And so with my life I must pay

A crowd started gathering the sheriff came in

I handed him over my gun

Was then when I found out the boy I had killed

Was the town's biggest man's only son

I tried to explain I had shot in defense it was the young cowboy or me

The crowd wouldn't listen so they drug me out

To the limb of this cottonwood tree

Majestically standing out here all alone

It's spring and the valley is green

But I can't admire a place I don't belong

To me it's all like a bad dream

But old Dan's beneath me with new shows and all

As they place the noose round my neck

Cowboys I've never laid eyes on before are tying my hands to my back

Oh cottonwood tree are you waiting for me waiting to take me away

I've done no wrong but the town cannot see

And so with my life I must pay

I see hate in the eyes of the town's biggest man

As he pulls a branch from the tree

To whip the backside of my old pony Dan

So he'll run out from under me

Insane he won't listen to my last appeal

A wild grin has covered his face

As I tried to reason just how he would feel

If he were up here in my place

There's many a mountain trail I'll never ride green valleys I'll never see

A young cowboy died and a man's foolish pride

Brought me to this cottonwood tree

My face is turned upward and I cannot breathe

The sky's growing dark overhead

The knot's pulling tight as my body swepts free

A few moments more I'll be dead

Oh cottonwood tree are you putting for me putting to take me away

I've done no wrong but the town cannot see

And so with my life I must pay